date:Oct 01, 2012
US - NOAA Fisheries has published a final rule implementing Amendment 20A to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Amendment 20A).
Regulations will be effective on October 26, 2012.
Amendment 20A affects the commercial sector of the wreckfish component of the snapper-grouper fishery, which is managed under an individual transferable quota programme. Since the programme began in 1992, some wreckfish shares have become inactive, meaning some s